random thought for bzr-email

[Michael Hudson]

Robert Collins wrote:
> I get massive emails when I merge bzr.dev. But I'm not really interested
> in the content from bzr.dev; I'm interested in work done in the branch.
> 
> I wonder if a mpdiff that shows only genuinely new work would make
> sense. Then 'merge bzr.dev' would show how I changed NEWS to deal with
> conflicts; or possibly even 'no new work'.

I've had similar thoughts for loggerhead.  "Merge from head" revisions
are frequently (a) huge (and thus slow to generate/render) and (b)
really boring.  Some heuristic to not show them would be nice...

Cheers,
mwh